On any Friday night, the music is jamming and the drinks are flowing on Beale. Modern day Beale Street is a three-block entertainment district filled with revelers. But back in the s Back then, Beale Street included eight blocks of commercial retail, including the saloons and brothels.
He built Church Park at 4th and Beale, a mecca for black musicians, politicians and activists. He was friendly with Boss Crump in the s. The younger Church was so influential it was rumored he had a direct hotline from Beale Street to the White House.
Up through the s, Beale Street was the hub for African American politics and activism. Handy Park was dedicated on Beale in The statue honoring him was erected in the s. Some of the famous performers on the legendary street include B.
Their names now mark the street on brass music notes. Beale Street would be shattered by violence in the civil rights era. A march led by Martin Luther King Jr. Beale Street declined and fell into disrepair in the s as most of the businesses closed. Clubs like B. Skip to content Beale Street, Memphis. Library of Congress. Do you find this information helpful? If by chance, we have posted your copyrighted photo, please contact us, and we'll remove it immediately, or we'll add your credit if that's your choice.
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Handy Vintage W. Please visit the website that sponsors this page Historic Memphis Website. Music Off. In the 's, many black traveling musicians began performing on Beale, and the street became a Mecca for African-Americans from all over the South. The early years of Beale Street Hunt-Phelan House on Beale. During the Civil War, Memphis quickly fell to the Union troops and many freed men settled in the area around Beale.
In addition to the Irish, there were also waves of Jewish, Italian, and German immigrants settling in Memphis. By the 's, Beale was prosperous and the area took on a carnival atmosphere, with gambling, drinking, prostitution, murder and voodoo, thriving alongside nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops and hot music. Monarch Club. Berton's Confectionery moved to Beale in Market House postcard.
Rare photo of the New Market Interior Beale Bakery New Market House - Market House - interior. The White Rose Cafe. The first brick church in the South built for and by blacks. Beale P. Wee Saloon. White Rose Cafe - s. Beale Street Baptist - This is the Palace Theater in , before they changed the marque to the neon. This is the Palace Theater in before they changed the marque to the neon.
Palace Theater-Beale Schwabs - s. Beale Landing The Blues and the Blues Musicians. In the 20th century, Beale was a bustling street, and music could be heard in the night clubs and in the churches. Jug Band - Dixie Review. Memphis Minnie was a Blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Rufus thomas Ma Rainey was one of the earliest and most influential of Blues singers and one of the first generation of singers to make records. Albert King was a Blues Guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of Blues guitar playing.
Alberta Hunter was a Blues singer, songwriter. Ma Rainey. Albert King. Alberta Hunter. Bobby Bland. Robert Leroy Johnson — was a Blues singer and musician. Chester Arthur Burnett — , better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential Blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.
Chester Chandler , AKA Memphis Gold, is the genuine article, a throwback to the blues men of the past who learned their licks at the knee of legendary bluesmen.
Robert Johnson. Bessie Smith. Howlin' Wolf. Memphis Gold. The Decline of Beale Street. The Old Daisy opened in as a movie house, but also featured live music..
B eale Street is one of the most essential attractions in all of Memphis and is one of the most iconic streets in America. At one point in time, it was a main route through downtown Memphis, and as a result, clubs, parks and theaters began opening and attracting musicians from all over the South. It wasn't long before a trumpet player from Clarksdale, Mississippi, came to town and started playing his own signature style of song.
Handy's "Beale Street Blues" kicked off a new era in music. King, and more were playing in clubs on Beale. Eventually, the unique musical sound on Beale began to draw curiosity from all over the region. Curious pedestrians replaced cars, and even today, a section of Beale Street remains blocked off to vehicles every evening and on weekends.
While the Beale Street Historic District is mostly known for its music venues and blues clubs, you don't have to be a music fan to take in all that Beale has to offer. This popular street hides a few spectacular gems that are worth uncovering One of the coolest gems on Beale is its own version of the Walk of Fame in Hollywood: musical notes inscribed with the names of blues legends are set in the cement sidewalk.
It's also interesting that Beale Street is the official, legal home of the blues, thanks to an act that Congress passed in Plus, since it doesn't have any open container laws, it's the only place in the state where you can take your drink into the street! This tiny house is the former home of W. Handy, the father of the blues. William Christopher Handy is responsible for turning the blues genre from a local fad to a national and historical phenomenon.
Handy was born in Alabama and traveled across the country playing in bands, from Chicago to Texas, and even to Cuba and beyond. He took his studies of African American music very seriously and eventually started his own band and settled in Memphis, where he played his style of the blues in several clubs on Beale.
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